A builder and an architect collaborated on a family beach compound using local materials and with a patio and a pool at the center.

The agent of Casa Flotante, or "The Floating House," describes it as a blend of "tropical luxury" and sustainable design. The home’s architect, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, is known for designing ...

Welcome to the home of Jose Maria Castro, Costa Rica’s first head of state and two-time president, and his wife Pacifica Fernandez who also has a place in history for designing the national flag.

Every day is a vacation at this hotel-branded residential community in Costa Rica. The 2,300-acre Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste is known for its white sand beaches and sustainable practices, and now, ...

Image is for illustrative purposes only. As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on the fact that I’m moving, yet ...

Here, in the lush mountains above the tiny village of Uvita, with its unique whale’s tail-shaped beach, a contemporary, glass-walled retreat within an exclusive guard-gated enclave offers total ...

After 25 years in the U.S. Army, Isah Kushma moved to Costa Rica. Her pension and VA disability compensation helped make the ...

Start packing your bags because this vacation house will inspire some serious wanderlust. Set in the jungles of Costa Rica, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home is perched 50 feet above the ground, ...

Moving to Costa Rica with six weeks' notice and no prior visit sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Here's the honest story of how one couple made the leap from Germany, what blindsided them upon ...